Summertime and The Living Is Easy

Summer calls us to get outside and have fun. Thankfully, we can do that this summer after a very strange 2020. Even the cicadas have gone, leaving us with the peace and quiet of a summer morning. We want to encourage you to embrace this summer as a time for restoration and renewing resilience. The stress and challenges of dealing with pandemic changes and adjustments has taken a toll on all of us. Here are some suggestions for practices of Easy Living this summer which will be restorative for you.

1. Start and end your day with 10 conscious breaths. Take a slow and deep inhale and a long, deep exhale. Repeat 10 times. Feel the movement of the breath in the lower belly. Carry the stillness into your day, or into your sleep.

2. Becoming more aware of the senses is very restorative and summer is a sensuous picnic. Draw in all of the lush colors of green surrounding you outdoors. Notice the fragrances in the morning air. Feel the touch of a breeze on your skin. And, then all those delicious tastes of summer, enjoy the sweet cold of watermelon, the crunch of corn on the cob, or ice cream melting in your mouth.

3. the body loves to move, make sure you enjoy time in movement everyday. If you are not ready for vigorous exercise take a walk, lay on a mat and see how the body would like to stretch or put on some music and get your dancing shoes moving

4. Make sure you don’t miss the opportunity to float this summer. Whether in the pool, the lake, the ocean, enjoy the complete letting go of being held in the buoyancy of the water.

We wish you a fabulous summer of restoration and renewal.